Reducing Flight Delays Act of 20132013-04-26T07:02:13Z818SC001035MARGARETSen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]SUSAN82911541C001035COLLINSRMEDTrueU000038MARK15958259U000038CO2013-04-25Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]UDALLRE.TrueR000584JamesR00058482741896ID2013-04-25Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]RischRTrueT000461Pat1594T000461PA2013-04-25Sen. Toomey, Pat [R-PA]ToomeyDR.TrueH001049Kay19028318H001049NC2013-04-25Sen. Hagan, Kay [D-NC]HaganRTrueI000055JohnnyI00005583231608GA2013-04-25Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]IsaksonRTrueR000307PAT8275968R000307KS2013-04-25Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]ROBERTSRelated billCRS1131765HRReducing Flight Delays Act of 20132013-05-01Became Public Law No: 113-9.Related billCRS113853SReducing Flight Delays Act of 20132013-04-30Message on Senate action sent to the House.113Short Titles as IntroducedReducing Flight Delays Act of 2013Official Title as IntroducedA bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent furloughs by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.Display TitleReducing Flight Delays Act of 20132013-04-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.2013-04-25SenateAppropriationsAviation and airportsDepartment of TransportationEmployee leaveExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementTransportation employeesTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and securityTransportation and Public WorksH.R.1765https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/17652013-04-25sscm00Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeSenate0Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.IntroReferralLibrary of Congress910000IntroReferralIntroduced in Senate2013-04-252112013-06-07T19:17:33Z002013-04-25T04:00:00ZIntroduced in SenateIntroduced in Senate2013-04-25Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), notwithstanding the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), any other provision of law, or sequestration order, to transfer for FY2013 to any Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appropriations account (such as the one for air traffic control operations) a certain amount from funds otherwise made available for discretionary grants-in-aid under the airport improvement program or any other FAA program.

Makes any transferred amount available immediately for obligation and expenditure as directly appropriated budget authority.

Specifies the amount to be transferred as the amount the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) determines necessary to: (1) prevent furloughs of FAA employees during FY2013; and (2) continue air traffic control towers that were operational as of January 1, 2013, under the FAA's contract tower program.

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